The User Registration & Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Shortcode Execution in versions up to, and including, 5.2.8 This is due to insufficient input sanitization in the 'referrer_url' branch of UR_Smart_Tags::process(), where the attacker-controlled HTTP_REFERER header is only passed through sanitize_text_field() — which does not strip WordPress shortcode delimiters — before being substituted into a Content Restriction message that is subsequently executed via apply_shortcodes()/do_shortcode(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary registered shortcodes on any restricted page whose message uses the supported {{referrer_url}} smart tag.
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Sat, 17 Oct 2026 04:00:00 +0000
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| Description | The User Registration & Membership plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Shortcode Execution in versions up to, and including, 5.2.8 This is due to insufficient input sanitization in the 'referrer_url' branch of UR_Smart_Tags::process(), where the attacker-controlled HTTP_REFERER header is only passed through sanitize_text_field() — which does not strip WordPress shortcode delimiters — before being substituted into a Content Restriction message that is subsequently executed via apply_shortcodes()/do_shortcode(). This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary registered shortcodes on any restricted page whose message uses the supported {{referrer_url}} smart tag. | |
| Title | User Registration & Membership <= 5.2.8 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via Referer Header via 'referrer_url' Smart Tag | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-94 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Wordfence
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Updated: 2026-10-17T03:43:31.068Z
Reserved: 2026-09-16T19:44:13.265Z
Link: CVE-2026-92798
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-17T04:17:10.257
Modified: 2026-10-17T04:17:10.257
Link: CVE-2026-92798
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Updated: 2026-10-17T06:00:04Z
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